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to Luis de Nicolás y Martínez

We like to honourate our travel companion Luìs de Nicolas. Here are two posts in his memory. With respect and love.

in memory of Luis de Nicolás y Martínez by Luisa Gianni

On 10 October 2017, Luis de Nicolás y Martínez, professor emeritus of psychology at the University of Deusto, Spain, disappeared. Perhaps I am the least suitable person to talk about him, because I did not know him very much, but for the little I remember him willingly. I caught in him a great humanity sometimes masked by a sharp irony and also a certain shyness that often made him lower his head and turn his gaze, apparently absent. Instead, his presence manifested itself in the marked capacity for synthesis that led him to quickly grasp the salient aspects of a situation by returning it to organized and easy-to-understand thoughts. A rare quality nowadays.

As a professor, he had helped create a specialized training network in the field of Clinical Psychology at the University of Deusto and founded the School of Psychodrama and Sociodrama Zerka T. Moreno of Vitoria-Gasteiz. A training center where since 1983 Monica Zuretti has brought her experience for the faithful adherence to the theoretical and methodological principles of the founder of psychodrama. It is thanks to his constant dedication, to the commitment of his collaborators and ours, as well as to the very important one of Monica, it was possible to extend the collaboration to the Center of Psychodrama and Sociodrama Zerka T. Moreno of Lucca, in which, starting from 2015, a training course entitled "Sulle Orme di Moreno", which continues and has already paid off.

Thanks, Luis, for this heritage, it has been, is and will be important for our future. Thank you for your enthusiasm in joining the Moreno Museum Association and for having come with us to Vienna to celebrate together J.L.Moreno's teachings

I believe you put love in what you did. When you were our guest in Lucca you gave me a rose that I still keep together with the memory of you. A man with the “physique du Professeur”, who takes care of relationships, bringing academic knowledge to the human level.